Hospitals overflow as swine flu cases swell
AHMEDABAD: Jayesh Prajapati (name changed), 24, had been to a private hospital in Odhav after he was diagnosed with primary symptoms for flu. His family members said that there was no space for him in
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H1N1 rears up again in Ahmedabad
AHMEDABAD: After the first bout in January which continued till early April, swine flu is back to haunt Ahmedabad. The city has reported three H1N1 cases from different hospitals over the past two days.
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Gujarat 8th worse in child, maternal nutrition
AHMEDABAD: Back in March 2016, the Unicef Rapid Survey on Children covering India had warned Gujarat that around 10.1% children in the state were grossly underweight and 41.6% showed stunted growth.
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Rs 2,500 crore six-laning of Ahmedabad-Rajkot highway on fast track
Gandhinagar: The government has cleared the long pending proposal of widening the busy four-lane Ahmedabad-Rajkot highway to six lanes in public private partnership (PPP) mode. Chief minister Anandiben
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Gujarat floods: Citizens stay in as sky rains down woes
AHMEDABAD: A rain-wrought terror gripped Amdavadis on Thursday, pushing the already monsoon-sodden city into a self-imposed curfew. Many Amdavadis preferred to stay indoors and avoid getting stuck in traffic
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408 swine flu cases, 10 deaths this September
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat is once again witnessing an alarming surge in the number of swine flu cases — an average 200 patients are waging a morbid fight with the viral fever admitted in hospitals spread across
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Mosquito threat breeds in monsoon pools
Ahmedabad: A city which is already on the edge with three of the four Zika virus cases reported in the country cannot afford to be careless with its vector control programme. The recent rains and sewage
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‘Breathing toxic air is akin to passive smoking’
AHMEDABAD: Polluted air can be as dangerous as passive smoking warned medical experts at a public seminar held on Sunday at Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA). Air heavy with particulate matter - PM10
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Lowest solar power tariff bid at Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat has equalled the record of fetching the lowest tariff for solar power in India. The reverse e-auction carried out on Monday by Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) for 500 MW solar
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Diabetes, hypertension top lifestyle threats in Ahmedabad
AHMEDABAD: In the first such survey of lifestyle diseases in major AMC-run general hospitals and public health centers in Ahmedabad, the civic body has come across hypertension and diabetes cases referred
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Vulture numbers continue to drop
AHMEDABAD: Since 2007, the number of avian scavengers in Gujarat has dropped by 43%. The 2018 census reveals the trend continues and between 2016 and 2018 the number has declined by 18%. The 2016 census
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PIL seeks inquiry into Zika cover-up
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government's hushing up the spread of the dreaded Zika virus has reached the Gujarat high court. A PIL has demanded a probe into who was responsible for purposely hiding information
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Waste segregation forgotten, even dustbins go saffron
Ahmedabad: With election to come this year, even the dustbins have taken a saffron hue even though municipal solid waste management rules advocate the use for blue and green colours for dustbins to enable
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Dengue, chikungunya soften city for Zika strike
Ahmedabad: The Aedes aegypti mosquito amid us is the sole propagator of the feared Zika virus. In all of 2016, this mosquito species had health officials in Ahmedabad on the edge, as it caused a sudden
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Govt provides outdated maps at CZMP hearing
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Ecology Commission (GEC), Gujarat Pollution Control Board and the forests and environment department of the government of Gujarat jointly organized a public hearing on the state’s
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Ahmedabad: Trees are our shield against pollutants
AHMEDABAD: What can cities do to guard themselves from harmful gases and smoke billowing out of factory exhausts. Today, each of the four major Gujarat cities — Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot —
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Spike in malaria cases in Ahmedabad
AHMEDABAD: Vector-borne infections are on the rise despite the rising temperatures, with the number of cases of malaria being particularly high. According to the weekly health report of the Ahmedabad Municipal
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Relapsed infection: 1,000 cases of malaria in June
Ahmedabad: At a time when the Ahmedabad municipal corporation (AMC) has intensified efforts to eliminate mosquito-breeding sites under its 'Malaria-free Gujarat by 2022' campaign, more than 1,000 cases
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E-waste now to be removed by companies
AHMEDABAD: Despite speaking big about e-waste disposal for the past three years, little has been done on that front by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. It was in 2013 that the AMC had proposed an ambitious
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Heavy metal: In Gujarat, water uranium level highest in Ahmedabad
AHMEDABAD: Uranium — the heavy metal one usually associates with nuclear reactors — is contaminating Gujarat’s groundwater, finds an elaborate scientific study that covered 16 states. Uranium contamination